I stupidity really that rampant?

Anymore the police cannot NOT take anyone seriously when they make a threat.It's homegrown terrorism. Don't know if there are that many disturbed kids out there or just wanting their 15 minutes of fame & a criminal record.

It's so easy to access guns in this country.

I am fed up with the endless BS denial from people who want to have whatever cool gun/toy they can buy! At the root of all of this is a love of or a fantasy about violence. Gun people and the gun lobbies scare me because they have a lot of guns! I like guns. I played with toy guns a lot when I was a kid. I belonged to the NRA for awhile because I was an expert marksmen. The concept that processing high rate of fire assault weapons and combat firearms designed for killing a lot of people quickly is linked to what is specified in the constitution is absurd. Get into a discussion with these firepower peiople and what always comes up is there fantasy that they need to be able to shoot it out with the government if they're 'freedoms' are threatened. There was a ban on assault weapons- and it was repealed. I have no argument with hunting rifles or revolvers or antique collecting. But frankly I have never met a 'gun collector' that didn't have a few screws loose. The second amendment uses the term 'well-regulated' !
"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
Lets get out of denial people- having a high rate of fire, military weapon in your procession means you intend to, or fantasize about- shooting a lot of people!

Ralph- even in my best fantasies about being an armed hero in that Colorado movie theater- how good and effective is my 'return-fire' going to be in an auditorium chocked with panicked people? 'Conceal-carry' is a very dangerous concept. Twelve hours of training is barely enough to get me past the the 'don't shoot my foot off' stage. Anybody who has has much experience with firearms knows the last place you want to be is surrounded by a bunch of people with guns.

... rather than rely on some old lady that's got a Smith and Wesson in her handbag- American's need to have a little, realistic, 'crazy-gunman' training.
We all squirm in our seats reading about these horrific nightmares wondering deep down- why didn't someone do something- anything?! Let's take a note from 'those crazy Arabs' ...SHOES ! Seriously folks. Time and again i read accounts of how people in that Colorado theater 'did not know what to do'. Everybody has two shoes, plus car keys. cell phones etc. Ducking from thrown objects is an instinctual response. [1] throw your shoes and everything else not nailed down at the attacker ( we are now talking about 100 to 200 airborne objects coming at the target wacko)
[2] while he's busy ducking EVERYBODY rush him and tackle him to the ground! This would all take only a couple of seconds at the most. I know it sounds silly at first. But think about what has happened with airline passengers since 9-11 and United #93. Anybody on a flight that causes a ruckus or acts crazy these days is lucky to escape the wrath of their fellow passengers alive! Training people what to do in a fire is common, schools and institutions have started to practice lock-down procedures. Ralph is right that people have to defend themselves. But I'm a lot more likely to have a hysterical teenager next to me when the carnage erupts than good ol' pistol packin' Ralph.

Society has caused us to become sheep James. No one would've thrown anything at him and doubt he would flinch if a cell phone came his way-he wore body armor and was ready for shoes, keys and whatever was thrown at him. I too am a marksman and would have sent two rounds to his thoratic cavity and if that failed to cease the threat, one to the cranial would've done it. So don't worry James, pistol packin Ralph has your back. That is of course if there isn't a little gun free zone sticker on the window. Then you and your shoes are on your own.

How about we focus on the fact that he was arrested, and then let out on bail?